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This document provides information and examples on calculating electrical resistance, current, and voltage using Ohm's Law. It defines the relationships between resistance (R), potential difference or voltage (V), and current (I) as R=V/I. Several word problems apply Ohm's Law to calculate unknown values for resistance, voltage, or current in circuits involving light bulbs, heating coils, and the human body.

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Resistance Calculations Worksheet Answers

This document provides information and examples on calculating electrical resistance, current, and voltage using Ohm's Law. It defines the relationships between resistance (R), potential difference or voltage (V), and current (I) as R=V/I. Several word problems apply Ohm's Law to calculate unknown values for resistance, voltage, or current in circuits involving light bulbs, heating coils, and the human body.

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Science, Gr.

9
Characteristics of Electricity – Measuring Electricity
V
Resistance Calculations Worksheet RI

resistance = potential difference R=V Units: R is Ω (ohms)


current I V is V (volts)
I is A (amperes)
1. Find the unknown quantity:

a) I = 10 A b) I = ? c) I = 15 A
R = 1500 Ω R = 200 Ω R=?
V=? V = 240 V V = 110 V

15 000 V I = 1.2 A R = 7.333 Ω


15 kV

2. Find the unknown quantity (CONVERT FIRST to the unit with no prefix)

a) I = ? b) I = 25 mA = __0.025_ A c) I = 1 kA = _1000___ A
R = 2000 Ω R=? R=?
V = 20 mV = __0.02_ V V = 110 V V = 50 mV = _.05_ V

I = 1 x 10-5 A R = 4400 Ω R = 0.00005 Ω

WORD PROBLEMS

1. How much resistance does a light bulb create if it has a current of 25 mA around it in a 9 V
circuit?
I = 25 mA = 0.025 A, V = 9 V, R = ?
R = 9V / 0.025 A
= 360 Ω
Therefore, the lightbulb has a resitstance of 3.6 x 102 Ω

2. A heating coil offers a resistance of 2.5 kΩ. What voltage is required so that 1.5 A of current
pass through it?
R = 2.5 k Ω, I = 1.5 A, V = ?
V=IR V=(1.5)(2500) = 3750 V
Therefore, the heating coil requires 3.75 x 103 V

3. The human body offers a very small amount of resistance (let’s say 1 mΩ for argument). If a
lightning bolt (said to have 1.21 GV of potential according to a famous movie called Back to the
Future released in 1984), hits you how much current is flowing through your body.
R = 1 mΩ, V = 1.21 x 109 V, I = ?
I=V/R I=1.21x109/1x10-3=1.21x1012A
Therefore, 1.21x1012A would flow through your body

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